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30  package org.openimaj.image.saliency;
31  
32  import org.openimaj.image.FImage;
33  import org.openimaj.image.Image;
34  import org.openimaj.image.analyser.ImageAnalyser;
35  
36  /**
37   * Interface for classes capable of processing images (as an image processor)
38   * to generate saliency maps.
39   * 
40   * @author Jonathon Hare (jsh2@ecs.soton.ac.uk)
41   *
42   * @param <I> type of image
43   */
44  public interface SaliencyMapGenerator<I extends Image<?,I>> extends ImageAnalyser<I> {
45  	/**
46  	 * Get the generated saliency map
47  	 * @return the saliency map
48  	 */
49  	public FImage getSaliencyMap();
50  }